Gun-crime expert speaks out
The UK's leading researcher on gang-related gun crime has given an exclusive interview to The THES in which he calls for the UK to adopt deterrent sentencing pioneered in the US - after two girls...
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Poll shows opposition to fees, but most value degree's worth
More than two-thirds of the public are opposed to students paying more towards their tuition, an ICM poll for The THES carried out after publication of last week's white paper has revealed. But a...
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Push for closer business ties welcomed
The regional development agencies have welcomed the government's plans for closer links with universities. The East of England Development Agency takes the lead on skills issues on behalf of all RDAs...
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Next week
News Annual survey of vice-chancellors' pay Features AAAS special: Can Europe compete with US science muscle? DNA at 50: Onora O'Neill eyes the ethics; William Summers studies the science Books...
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IP victory won in EU
Members of the European Parliament have rejected amendments to a European directive that universities claim would have stopped them from exploiting their intellectual property. The amendments would...
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FE strike action halted
Further education lecturers' union leaders called off threatened strike action this week after discussions with employers that are expected to lead to a better pay offer. The further education...
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Pay talks to restart
London's vice-chancellors have agreed to fresh talks over lecturers' cost-of-living allowance, as unions prepare for the second in a series of five planned one-day shut-downs next week. Members of...
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Teaching academy could doom ILT
The national teaching academy proposed in last week's white paper could sound the death-knell for the Institute for Learning and Teaching. The institute's 14,000 members will be asked in the next two...
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Turf war feared in two-year provision
Heads of further education colleges that deliver higher education courses are worried that white paper proposals will pit them against universities in a fight for foundation degree students. Members...
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Credit ratings boosted
The creditworthiness of top-tier, "traditional" universities will improve as a result of last week's white paper, according to ratings agency Standard & Poor's. But the agency warns that the...
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V-cs warn of threat to pay rises
A surfeit of centrally planned initiatives threatens to cut the cash available for teaching and minimise pay increases for staff, vice-chancellors warned this week. Pay rises for staff in new...
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Only 7% qualify for 'miserly' grants
Only 7 per cent of families that have a child approaching university age would qualify for the government's new £1,000 student grant, according to official figures. The Office for National Statistics...
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In the news: Paul Farrelly
An MP for all of 19 months, Paul Farrelly is already the focus of a looming Labour backbench rebellion against the government's plans for higher education. Mr Farrelly's early-day motion condemning...
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Appointments
* Mark Walport has been named the next director of the Wellcome Trust. He takes over in June from Mike Dexter, who stands down after five years. Professor Walport, 50, is currently head of the...
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'Curb top-up fees or face greater doctor shortage,' medical schools warn
Doctors and medical academics have warned that top-up fees could drive away the medical students needed by the National Health Service to meet its recruitment targets. The white paper made no...